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Random News for Librarians
L'Amour Centennial National Library Celebration
To celebrate the 100th birthday of Louis L'Amour, Bantam Books is offering
a complimentary hardcover edition of the author's memoir,
Education
of a Wandering Man to any free-lending library in the U.S.
that requests one. Click
here to request your copy!
Agent Zigzag, Edith Wharton, Empire of Blue Water, Heyday, Medical Apartheid, and The Pesthouse are selected as New York Public Library's Books to Remember from 2007, an annual list of 25 outstanding titles, which are selected by a committee of librarians from The New York Public Library.
Random House sweeps Grammy Spoken Word category!
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, written and read by Senator Barack Obama, produced and directed by Jacob Bronstein.
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM FOR CHILDREN: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, read by Jim Dale and produced by Orli Moscowitz.
Books from Random House, Inc. take 10 ALA 2007 Notable Book awards!
Ian Ayres' Super
Crunchers, (Bantam, RH Audio)
Amy Bloom's Away,
(Random House, Random House Trade Paper)
Jon Clinch's Finn,
(Random House, Random House Trade Paper)
Jim Crace's The
Pesthouse, (Nan. A. Talese/Doubleday, Vintage)
Nathan Englander's The
Ministry of Special Cases, (Knopf, Vintage, Books on Tape)
Tess Uriza Holthe's The
Five-Forty-Five to Cannes, (Crown, Three Rivers Press)
Lloyd Jones' Mister
Pip, (Dial, Dial Press Trade Paperback)
Ian McEwan's On
Chesil Beach, (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, Anchor, Books on
Tape, RHLarge Print)
David Malouf's The
Complete Stories, (Pantheon, Vintage)
Lisa Margonelli's Oil
on the Brain, (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, Broadway)
Random House, Inc. congratulates its two ALEX award recipients: Lloyd Jones's Mister Pip and Conn Iggulden's Genghis: Birth of an Empire. The ALEX award is presented each year to the ten most outstanding adult books that appeal to teen audiences.
The New York Times selects Imperial Life in the Emerald City, The Nine, Little Heathens, and The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh as part of the 10 Best Books of the Year!
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